The Earth is Flat – the New President of the Flat Earth Society
An article from yesterday’s Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2010/feb/23/flat-earth-society
An extract from the article by David Adam:
Daniel Shenton should be the most irrational man in the world. As the new president of the Flat Earth Society, you’d Âimagine he would also think that evolution is a scam and Âglobal warming a myth. He should Âargue that smoking does not cause Âcancer and HIV does not lead to Aids.
Yes, that Flat Earth Society, a group that has become a living metaphor for backward thinking and a refusal to face scientific facts. Yes, it is still going, and no, this isn’t an early April fool.
In fact, Shenton turns out to have resolutely mainstream views on most issues. The 33-year-old American, Âoriginally from Virginia but now living and working in London, is happy with the work of Charles Darwin. He thinks the evidence for man-made global warming is strong, and he dismisses suggestions that his own government was involved with the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Posted: February 25th, 2010
at 8:26am by Eugenia
Categories: Optics, Perception and the senses, flat earth, scary
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interesting work
Christian Boltanski at Grand Palais Paris 1
i especially like how he decided to use the space, and how he makes references in a very general manner
James Turrell, explorer of light
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/turrell/#
check out the artworks slideshow!
